Hair comb



May 23, 1950 N. 'r. BALDANZA 2,508,363

HAIR COMB Filed Sepf. 5, 1946 A TTORNEY UNITED "STAT HAIR COMB Nicholas T. Baldanza, Rutherford, N. J assignor to Columbia Protektosite Company, Inc., Carlstadt, N. 3., a corporation of New Jersey Application September 5, 1946, Serial No. 694,907

2 Claims.

This invention relates to hair combs.

One object of the invention is to provide a comb having improved means for freely supporting the same on a plane surface in inverted position, with the comb teeth projecting upwardly whereby this article may be designated as a stand-up comb.

Combs of this character have the advantage of occupying very little space on the dressing table and of permitting rapid air-drying of the comb teeth, and the comb affords an attractive display novelty on a ladys dressing table. According to the usual practice, combs are generally ornamented as by having decorative configurations at the back thereof, and I have perceived that the provision of a base or supporting means'on the comb would materially interfere with the character and scope of the decoration that might be provided, as well as with the modes of manufacture employed.

, It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a stand-up comb having improved means such that the comb support shall leave ample room for the provision of any desired decorative configuration at the back of the comb, without interfering with the scope of the design employed -or with the method of manufacture.

utilized.

I have also perceived that the support portion of a stand-up comb tends to interfere with the normal holding of'the comb at the back thereof so that various people find use of'such a comb objectionable.

It is therefore another object ofthe invention to furnish a stand-up comb having improved means whereby the major section at the back of the comb may remain conventional or be other- .wise formed relatively narrow to facilitate the holding in the hand of the operator while main taining provision for ample stability of the comb inits inverted position with the comb teeth projecting upwardly. ,Another object of the invention is .to construct a stand-up comb having improvedmeans for: supporting thesame and for locating, the

:operatorshandover-the comb or preventing accidental slippage of the comb from the hand. I

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent as the specification proceeds.

With the aforesaid objects in view, the inven-.- tion comprises the novel features, combinations and arrangements of parts hereinafter described in their preferred embodiments, pointed out in the subjoined claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawing, wherein like parts are designated by the same reference characters throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a viewin side elevation with parts removed and indicated in dot-dash lines showing a stand-up comb embodying the invention, in its inverted position and with its teeth projecting upwardly as contemplated by the invention..

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

The advantages of the invention as here outlined are best realized when all of its features and instrumentalities are combined, but useful embodiments may be produced involving less than the whole.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, that the same may be incorporated in several different constructions. The accompanying drawing, there? fore, is submitted merely as showing a preferred exemplification of the invention. I

Referring in detail to the drawing, I0 denotes as a new article of manufacture, a hair comb of a particular novel construction so that it is best designated as a stand-up comb. The same includes a relatively straight row of teeth I l comprising the end guard teeth l2 integrally connected to a backing member l3. Attached to or integral with the back 13 is a base In at an edge of the backing member opposite that at which the comb teeth are disposed. The base J4 provides a relatively fiat seating surface 15 Another object of the invention is the provision of a stand-up comb having improved support.- ing means so'arranged and constructed that the back of the comb may have "any desired contour and any required decorative material which might project from the main body of the back without interfering with a stable positioning of the comb on its supporting means.

Another'object of the invention is the provisionof a stand-up comb of the nature set forth "adapted to be manufactured inexpensively as a one-piece construction and requiring comparatively littlematerial and being light in weight, and generally regular, neat and compact in appearance, and-adapted for convenient use in the usual manner in combing the hair.

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which may be slightly concave so that any pro}- trusion formed at the parting line of the mold This seating surface l5 BX;- tends partially along the length of the comb and its transverse dimension is substantially greater than that of the backing member l3 to afford stability for the comb when the latter is freely resting on any plane surface or table in inverted position and with its teeth projecting upwardly. This seat I 5 lies in a plane approximately at right angles to the row of teeth II and I2 and is arranged in generally symmetrical relation thereto so as to afford suitable positioning of the comb and it is substantially wider or greater in transverse dimension for this purpose than the main body of the back l3 at least at the edge thereof to which the comb teeth are connected.

Preferably there is provided a widened portion l6 to form the seat l5. This portion i6 is sub- OFFICE" 

